This glass teapot looks like it's heated on hot pebbles...NOT. The pebbles are inside the teapot. The Tea Gallery on 131 Allen street did a demonstration making pue-erhs tea.The outside of the pot is heated 1st with hot water, almost annointing it.This special pot is called a Yixing teapot (pronounced ee-shing). The unique purple/red clay is from the Jiangsu province. You never wash this tiny pot. And after numerous brewings, a layer of tea sediment forms in the interior and eventually you are brewing tea within tea.Pour in enough water to wet the tea leaves down, and let sit for 3 long breaths...It makes perfect sense if you're selling tea, to brew it in a glass teapot so everyone can see it at the Tay Tea stand.And they're so pretty. Fun to paint too. Globe Amaranth Jasmine tea is brewing and it's flower blossoms inside the pot. After the show I went to ABC Carpet to get some chocolate at Michel Cluizel, but all I saw were glass teapots.More on the show tomorrow...

Thank you for visiting my blog today! I LOVE this post! Hubby and I run a gourmet food and cookware shop, and we sell many glass teapots (he and I are avid tea drinkers, too)! I can't wait to show him your post... it is fabulous! =)

I love glass teapots. The Asian Museum in San Francisco, where I am a docent started using them and I fell in love. You can see the beautiful flower bossom in it. I am currently looking for one. I think I'll buy it in the states rather than Paris so I don't have to shlepp it. Ellen

These pictures were simply nirvana. (How's that description for fitting into the mood of the day?) Yes, teapots are certainly coming into their own as a thing to be collected. Meanwhile, I continue to use my Brown Betty on a daily basis. The handle has a crack and seems to be weak and the spout has a chip - nevertheless, I'll continue on until either Betty or I give out entirely. S.C.

I have quite a few tea pots, but one of my favorites is my glass teapot. I use it for especially pretty tea, such as jasmine. I also use it for ice tea (I set it on a glass pie plate filled with ice to keep the ice tea cold). It looks especially pretty with edibles floating inside; sometimes slices of lemon, sometimes lavendar.

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Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it but now tripping over cobblestones on l'Ile Saint-Louis In Paris. Savor Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
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